
Then again, how can you deal with a small child who demands oral sex from a peer? How can you label a tiny child a sexual predator? The plan was met with skepticism, from the right and left of the political spectrum. With sexual behavior among young kids apparently on the rise, District 2 has written rules banning sex play – committed by children as young as 4. She read my exclusive report about a student-on-student sexual-harassment policy just enacted by District 2 in Manhattan – the first of its kind in New York. “I thought I was the only one,” Shoshana said.įinally, Shoshana called me. A third mother relayed a similar tale about group sex play in the bathroom. The revelations were astounding.Ī mother with a boy in kindergarten told Shoshana that another child had grabbed her son’s penis in the schoolyard.

A place where they trusted their son would enjoy a sound public education.īut after speaking to the teacher, the guidance counselor and the principal, Shoshana wasn’t convinced things would change. Shoshana, a travel-agency worker originally from Israel, and her husband, who owns a frozen-yogurt stand, worked hard to move to leafy Riverdale. Never in my life did I imagine that this could be done by other kids!” “My husband and I were in shock,” Shoshana told me. Her precious boy was being sexually molested by other 5-year-olds. With alarm, Shoshana realized that the males who posed a threat to her son were not adults. Games also were played in the school bathroom – involving acts more commonly associated with the president of the United States than with 5-year-old tots.

The boy talked about games in the schoolyard. Slowly, the stories trickled out of PS 24 in The Bronx. AS SHE sent her 5-year-old son to kindergarten in tony Riverdale, Shoshana gave him a gentle warning.
